auctions: Find a need and fill it! The way to success? Perhaps!
- 03/28/17 05:48 PM
Have you always heard this phrase? Find a need and fill it!
Our small town of Searcy AR with a population of perhaps 22,500 has a need. We have several auction companies who successfully come to your property and conduct an auction that rids you of all the property that needs to be sold. But some people think that is rather impersonal. They'd like their precious things to be priced, and studied, and appreciated with lots of buyers.
So.....our little town needs an estate sale expert! The expert works for days and days sorting and pricing and loving the loved-ones property. She/he falls … (4 comments)
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auctions: The silver-tongued devil begins! Rodger Cargile, super star auctioneer.
- 08/22/16 10:32 AM
We call him the silver-tongued devil. His voice is SO soothing. He should have been a DJ but radio is almost dead so he chose another career. Real estate PLUS auctioning! He is busy all the time helping with charity auctions, house and furnishing auctions and any other places that he might be needed. The crowds at all events love him!
So I stumbled across this old newspaper article from May 21, 1978! I read who was pictured and there he was! Rodger Cargile (yes, they spelled Rodger wrong) on the far right! He was doing dialogue for a play at Sidney … (2 comments)
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auctions: 600 W Race Searcy AR still exists. Shoffner estate to be auctioned.
- 03/04/16 08:54 PM
There's going to be an auction at this house and OF this house in Searcy AR ! This house is located at 600 West Race and dates way back. It was owned by the Shoffner family and the courthouse dates it back to 1930 but it is much older. The auction is being held by Cargile Auctions and they shared this picture with me. The auction is to be March 19, 2016. I'm going to be sure to attend! See you there?
Note the present view of the house.....much more recognizable to Searcy residents. Pictures of the interior of the house are … (2 comments)
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auctions: This picture is too sensuous for my home. You can have it.
- 09/16/08 12:25 AM
I posted a picture yesterday and will post it again below. It was this magnificent mansion in Searcy AR, White County, very near downtown, that was torn down many years ago. At least I think it was this house. If not this one, one so similar.
Before it was torn down, they held an auction of the things inside. I went and took my children. We went all over the house looking at things. My kids ran up to me and whispered, "Mom, we found something upstairs that you will love! Come see!" So I went to the attic with them … (26 comments)
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auctions: Slow rainy day and auctions.
- 12/15/07 12:48 PM
Some days are so slow the email can barely make it through. The spammers are almost asleep and forget to send the multitude of emails that they usually fly off.
Today for me was a different kind of day. It rained all day but the personal property auction that was held in one of our houses that has been sold was held anyhow. It had to be all inside so very few people were there. It was one of those auctions where the auctioneer was begging for $1.00 bids. You stick your finger up and find you've bought a whole bookshelf of … (4 comments)
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auctions: Not pet friendly? Don't let that be known...
- 10/16/07 12:07 PM
I grew up with outside animals. They were wonderful. Dog named Spot, cat named Kitty, and the animals were happy outside. They never got sick, never needed a vet. I guess you raise your kids the way you were raised. My kids were always mad at me because I didn't allow the animals in the house. They admit now that when I was gone they invited them in from time to time. Once they even brought in the horse!! (I always wondered why we had to spray for fleas once a season.)
Now as a real estate agent it seems everyone and … (6 comments)
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auctions: From Treo to Treo to Treo.....
- 10/15/07 02:31 PM
These smart phones are really smart and the folks who made them are possibly the smartest. They make them start having problems just as the warranty runs out. My first one was a Treo 600. I loved that thing. I loved having people admire it as we used it to get into houses through the lockbox.
But I didn't love it when people started saying, "What's that awful buzzing sound? I can hardly hear you." Well, a search on Google indicated it was a common problem. I fixed it once....did my own appendectomy from Google's directions....and it worked a little while … (3 comments)
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auctions: This is a beginning...
- 10/14/07 11:09 AM
I was reading someone's blog and they were distressed over some agent's low offer. I am afraid that I feel the same way from time to time. But I start remembering one of the smoothest agents that I've ever met and her starting line to a seller. She'd coo, "This is a beginning....". Then she'd present the offer, get a counter, go out and probably work it out.
My favorite thing to say to a seller, if they are handy and at my desk, is, "Don't be mad about this low offer. Just be mad at those people who didn't have the … (9 comments)
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auctions: The market becomes slow from here until Christmas.
- 10/14/07 10:19 AM
I don't know about your cities but in my area, one can feel a slowing of real estate at this time of the year. And once Thanksgiving gets here, it seems that everyone starts taking off for Christmas. Showing houses at Christmas is not ideal because you can't see the house for the decorations!
I do remember once, however, a very prominent person buying a big house on Christmas eve. He'd seen it but didn't really make up his mind until the day before Christmas. He called his agent and she'd gone to visit relatives in another state.
He was very "put … (4 comments)
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auctions: Things have become easier in some ways...
- 10/11/07 01:50 PM
While calling on two clients today and talking to them about listing, I thought thankfully about how easy it is to go to my computer and pull up the court house information sheet that is available. We pool our funds to pay for the service and it's the best $5 per month that I spend.
The info sheets give square footage, taxes, age, history and many other goodies. While leaving one house, I met up with Sue, someone I'd sold a house to about 18 years ago. She said she'd recommended me to her neighbor and than laughed about how I used … (5 comments)
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auctions: What is a slow day in real estate?
- 10/06/07 01:45 PM
A slow day in real estate happens when most of the state meets for a football game and you stay home. Most of the spammers must be watching football because even the email is almost devoid of viagra spam. The cell phone does not ring. Your home phone does not ring. Your husband and his buddies are listening to the football game in the deep woods while supposedly squirrel-hunting.
So on the slow day, get busy and clean off the back porch, spider bomb the garage, give away some of the hubbie's junk before he gets back, and have a very relaxing day. … (12 comments)
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auctions: Does a faster cable connection really make a difference?
- 10/05/07 02:10 PM
Having cable internet connection turned out to be better than my experience with satellite internet. The thing that bugged me the worst was going to see a streaming video and having it stop and start and stop and start so I asked the cable company if it would REALLY make a difference if I paid more money ($20 per month) for a faster connection or was it all the same.
They said it REALLY makes a difference so I am trying it. It really is better! I have just watched youtube for an hour and the videos were all steady and continuing. … (8 comments)
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auctions: Who can really represent a buyer well?
- 10/04/07 02:16 PM
It is my belief that in order to represent a buyer, you need to know the area well enough to do a good job. I have had experience where a person from a city 50 miles away comes in to a city they don't know in order to show houses that the buyer has found on the internet.
The agent has to depend on each listing agent to open the house because they don't have key access, give them stat sheets and direct them to the house. I don't understand why they don't refer the buyer to an agent in the city … (3 comments)
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auctions: Just what in a house is a room????
- 10/03/07 02:51 PM
I've been struggling with doing another bpo and keeping in mind that I am not a fee appraiser and am expected to do a good job for this REO listing. And each time I get to the part that asks how many rooms the house has and I despair again.
What, pray tell, is a room? Is a room a large walk-in closet that is as big as some bedrooms? Is a room a big laundry room? Is a room a small space for an office? Is a room the part of a kitchen where you sit down and eat? It must be … (9 comments)
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auctions: What do they teach in driving training these days?
- 09/30/07 01:31 PM
I'm freshly home from a trip to South Carolina....well, I'm home but not fresh. The traffic there and in my state of Arkansas makes me wonder what sort of training folks get before getting in control of a vehicle. I was taught to look in the rear view mirror when passing and when I could see the car I'd passed, I could pull back into that lane of traffic. Folks now seem to see how close they can come to your car without hitting it as they pull back in front of you.
Needless to say, they must also teach that … (4 comments)
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auctions: A fun rap tune from Searcy AR
- 09/25/07 01:28 PM
I'm not a big fan of rap mainly because I can't understand so many of the words that they are saying. But I'm a big fan of my hometown Searcy AR and my Alma Mater Harding University in Searcy. There's a really fun rap tune on youtube that I saw today. Four talented young people sing in different local spots in Searcy. There is a lot of humor in the words and the actions. See it for yourself. http://youtube.com/watch?v=vMzmpXupUak
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auctions: How many of you are aware of USDA Rural Development houses....
- 09/24/07 12:23 PM
After responding to a blog about Habitat for Humanity I thought it might be a good idea to mention the USDA Rural Development Direct Loan to everyone. I wrote the following. "Habitat for Humanity is no doubt a great idea and it does provide homes for many people. But I worry about the lack of knowledge among Realtors concerning the old "Farmer's Home" houses. They've been around for years. They have a new name now, Rural Development Direct Loan homes. If a family is low income and the income limit varies, USDA Rural Development will subsidize the payment for a family. … (2 comments)
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auctions: A couple of helpful tips learned at convention this week
- 09/23/07 01:33 PM
What I learned at convention is impressive. One of the questions presented to us by one of the speakers was "What percentage of shoppers will be shopping on the internet first in two years?" In other words, before contacting a realtor, they'll be surfing first. My guess was correct when I said 100%. We all know people who can't get on the internet at all but he said that they will know someone who will get the information for them. Right now 80% shop by internet first.
And this same speaker said that email is SO important. It is important to answer … (5 comments)
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auctions: How one may get started in the REO business.
- 09/22/07 02:30 PM
Several questions have been asked about how to become an REO agent. I looked back and came to the conclusion that I never solicited the business. I happened to be on "phone duty" one day when a bond money REO came through. They wanted me to check out a little house that was actually about 7 years in arrears. It had been left full of stuff with leaks from the roof ruining furniture. I had to carefully step over stuff and carefully make sure I didn't fall through a hole in the floor.
I got the stuff hauled off so the house … (0 comments)
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auctions: Is there a market for used water heaters?
- 09/12/07 03:04 PM
There must be a market for used water heaters and used central units. I seem to be getting an REO a week and they have usually been occupied for a year or less and were owned by the sub-prime borrowers who had nothing to lose.
The one I went to today had no water heater, no A/C compressor and lots of holes in the ceiling where they probably went up and stole the heating unit also. Faucets in some areas were missing. The house was a wreck and it had been a good house just two years ago. Others that I've gotten … (5 comments)
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